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                &\multicolumn{4}{c}{\shortstack{Against weak incumbent\\(head start $\approx$ 0)}}&\multicolumn{4}{c}{\shortstack{Against strong incumbent \\  (head start $>>$ 0)}}\\\cmidrule(lr){2-5}\cmidrule(lr){6-9}
                &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(7)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(8)}\\
                &\multicolumn{1}{c}{Median}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Median}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Quartile}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Quartile}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Median}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Median}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Quartile}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Quartile}\\
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Before          &    0.009         &    0.107         &   -0.221         &   -0.049         &   -0.595         &   -0.489         &   -1.109\sym{**} &   -0.976\sym{**} \\
                &  (0.493)         &  (0.491)         &  (0.571)         &  (0.570)         &  (0.475)         &  (0.486)         &  (0.463)         &  (0.468)         \\
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Above median corruption&   -0.543         &   -0.426         &                  &                  &   -0.941\sym{*}  &   -0.909\sym{*}  &                  &                  \\
                &  (0.446)         &  (0.440)         &                  &                  &  (0.512)         &  (0.508)         &                  &                  \\
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Before $\times$ Above median corruption&    1.314\sym{*}  &    1.263\sym{*}  &                  &                  &    1.660\sym{**} &    1.475\sym{**} &                  &                  \\
                &  (0.745)         &  (0.732)         &                  &                  &  (0.719)         &  (0.747)         &                  &                  \\
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2nd quartile of corruption&                  &                  &   -0.804         &   -0.370         &                  &                  &   -1.014         &   -0.779         \\
                &                  &                  &  (0.876)         &  (0.913)         &                  &                  &  (0.939)         &  (0.891)         \\
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3rd quartile of corruption&                  &                  &   -0.654         &   -0.464         &                  &                  &   -1.250\sym{*}  &   -1.203\sym{*}  \\
                &                  &                  &  (0.626)         &  (0.621)         &                  &                  &  (0.683)         &  (0.675)         \\
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4th quartile of corruption&                  &                  &   -0.845         &   -0.564         &                  &                  &   -0.988\sym{*}  &   -0.916         \\
                &                  &                  &  (0.552)         &  (0.552)         &                  &                  &  (0.581)         &  (0.591)         \\
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Before $\times$ 2nd quartile of corruption&                  &                  &    0.837         &    0.671         &                  &                  &    2.185         &    1.973         \\
                &                  &                  &  (1.085)         &  (1.080)         &                  &                  &  (1.421)         &  (1.322)         \\
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Before $\times$ 3rd quartile of corruption&                  &                  &    1.866         &    2.000\sym{*}  &                  &                  &    1.786\sym{**} &    1.467         \\
                &                  &                  &  (1.136)         &  (1.133)         &                  &                  &  (0.876)         &  (0.893)         \\
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Before $\times$ 4th quartile of corruption&                  &                  &    1.201         &    0.933         &                  &                  &    2.329\sym{***}&    2.219\sym{**} \\
                &                  &                  &  (0.917)         &  (0.945)         &                  &                  &  (0.814)         &  (0.861)         \\
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Observations    &      390         &      390         &      390         &      390         &      394         &      394         &      394         &      394         \\
Dep. Var. Mean  &    3.470         &    3.470         &    3.470         &    3.470         &    3.049         &    3.049         &    3.049         &    3.049         \\
Mayor and municipal controls&                  &\checkmark         &                  &\checkmark         &                  &\checkmark         &                  &\checkmark         \\
State and term FE&\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         &\checkmark         \\
Adjusted R$^2$  &    0.171         &    0.195         &    0.166         &    0.190         &    0.181         &    0.193         &    0.182         &    0.195         \\
$\beta_0+\beta_2 \, c_{ist}$&    1.323         &    1.370         &    0.980         &    0.885         &    1.065         &    0.986         &    1.219         &    1.242         \\
p-value         &    0.043         &    0.031         &    0.174         &    0.227         &    0.026         &    0.054         &    0.048         &    0.064         \\
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